From New
Orleans Architecture Vol III: The Cemeteriesby Leonard V. Huber.
Girod Street
Cemetery was formed as a result of the desire to extend Tremé Street through
part of St. Louis Cemetery #1. The part of the cemetery that was in
the desired right of way was the Protestant section. In 1822 the city offered Christ Episcopal Church a track of land
for what became Girod St. Cemetery. By 1838 most of the Protestant
graves had been relocated to Girod Street Cemetery.

Christ Episcopal
Church Cathedral's Girod Street Cemetery in New Orleans was bounded by
Perilliat St. on the north, Cypress St. on the south, the jail on the east,
and Liberty St. on the west. On the west side, Girod Street ended at
Liberty Street. Girod Street Cemetery was located at the foot of Girod
Street and not along a side of the cemetery.
This map of New Orleans, from "Cities
of the Dead", shows the exact location.

Constructing
railway approaches to Union Terminal Station caused the deconsecration and
removal of Girod Street Cemetery. By 1957, all remains in the
cemetery were removed to make room for new construction. Many family
members were contacted by the city to allow individual relocation.
The unclaimed whites were reintered in a crawl space under the floor of the
Hope Mausoleum. And the blacks were
removed to Providence Memorial Parkin Jefferson Parish.

Eventually, the
southeast corner of the sprawling Louisiana Superdome facility covered
what had been Girod Street Cemetery, but the cemetery had been removed many
years before the Superdome project began.

Hope Mausoleum and
Alfortish Enterprises each bid to relocate those buried in Girod Street
Cemetery. Hope Mausoleum significantly underbid Alfortish Enterprises and
won the job. Eventually many family members of those relocated from the
Girod Street Cemetery purchased crypts in Hope Mausoleum.

Many of the remains
are in containers stored in a 3 foot high crawl space under the floor of the
mausoleum. There are memorials in
Hope Mausoleum in honor of those
relocated from the Girod Street Cemetery.

"Best of New
Orleans" has this
brief history of Girod Street Cemetery.